Wash. Admin. Code § 388-444-0070 - What is good cause for quitting my job or reducing my work effort?
Unless otherwise specified the following rules apply to all persons receiving Basic Food.
(1) You
must have a good reason (good cause) for quitting a job or reducing your work
effort, as defined in WAC
388-444-0065, or you will be
disqualified from receiving Basic Food under WAC
388-444-0075. Good cause includes
the following:
(a) Your employment is
unsuitable as under WAC
388-444-0060;
(b) You were discriminated against by an
employer based on age, race, sex, color, religious belief, national origin,
political belief, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or
physical disability or other reasons in
RCW
49.60.180;
(c) Work demands or conditions make continued
employment unreasonable, such as working without being paid on
schedule;
(d) You accepted other
employment or are enrolled at least half time in any recognized school,
training program, or institution of higher education;
(e) You must leave a job because another
assistance unit member accepted a job or is enrolled at least half time in any
recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education in
another county or similar political subdivision and your assistance unit must
move;
(f) You are under age sixty
and retire as recognized by your employer;
(g) You accept a bona fide offer of
employment of thirty hours or more a week or where the weekly earnings are
equivalent to the federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty hours. However,
because of circumstances beyond your control, the job either does not
materialize or results in employment of less than thirty hours a week or weekly
earnings of less than the federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty
hours;
(h) You leave a job in
connection with patterns of employment where workers frequently move from one
employer to another, such as migrant farm labor or construction work;
and
(i) Circumstances included
under WAC
388-444-0050;
(2) You are eligible for Basic
Food after quitting a job or reducing you work effort if the circumstances of
the job involve:
(a) Changes in job status
resulting from involuntary reduction of employment hours while working for the
same employer;
(b) Termination of a
self-employment enterprise; or
(c)
Resignation from a job at the demand of an employer.
(3) You must provide proof that you had good
cause for quitting a job or reducing your work effort. However, we do not deny
your application for Basic Food if you are unable to get this proof even with
our help.
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